Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 174
The years when she learned about death . The age she was when she accepted
change . The time of her broadening . When she felt her body become strong .
That time of her life when she learned reciprocity and the inviolability of the other
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The years when she learned about death . The age she was when she accepted
change . The time of her broadening . When she felt her body become strong .
That time of her life when she learned reciprocity and the inviolability of the other
.
Page 198
We said we had learned from being there . We said we learned from watching
what had happened each time . We said we used few tools . That our hands had
knowledge of this act . That our hands would allow this birth to happen in its own
...
We said we had learned from being there . We said we learned from watching
what had happened each time . We said we used few tools . That our hands had
knowledge of this act . That our hands would allow this birth to happen in its own
...
Page 207
Her body has seized what had to be seized , what had to be learned , her body is
a fortress , her body is an old warrior , how she has fought becomes clear , how
she has known when to hold back becomes clear , how she has learned to grin ...
Her body has seized what had to be seized , what had to be learned , her body is
a fortress , her body is an old warrior , how she has fought becomes clear , how
she has known when to hold back becomes clear , how she has learned to grin ...
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User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingI realize this is considered a classic in feminist literature, but it is not anything like what I was expecting and I found Griffin's stream of consciousness style to be very distracting. This is not ... Read full review
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Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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